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sean_patel

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About sean_patel

Hacker. I stand by my words online. Don't down-vote just because it's politically incorrect. You may contact me at sean_patel@icloud.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #13474717

    The figures for Indian-males is quite depressing. The only bright side is that it doesn't differentiate between Indian-male from India (immigrant with heavy-accent) and Indian-Amer…

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    Comment #13473890

    The footer indicates a series of alleged inventions in the pharma space by Shkreli / "Pharma Bro". I thought he was a Hedge Fund / Wall Street hack who hustled his way into the Pha…

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    Comment #13468916

    > Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.. Henri Cartier-Bresson summed up Ira Glass' advice in 1 sentence. > “Your first 10,000 photographs are your…

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    Comment #13467989

    > Fraudsters offering fake prizes and job opportunities swindled tens of thousands of U.S. consumers, giving Western Union agents a cut in return for processing the payments, autho…

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    Comment #13459219

    Thank you.

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    Comment #13458608

    DUPE: Previous discussion [Fri the 13th] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13392292

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    Comment #13458605

    DUPE: + OP engaging in click-bait by changing title and posting again. Previous click-bait Fri 13. Jan : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13392292

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    Comment #13457279

    I couldn't get past the 1st line > Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account – because yo…

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    Comment #13456719

    haha. Yes it was a typo/autocorrect. lol. thanks.

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    Comment #13453715

    Funny, but jokes aside, I found the NLP to be quite impressive / accurate. I put the following phrase > I nut on my girlfriends face. and the parser correctly tagged 'nut' as a VBP…

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    Comment #13453594

    > I've been warning friends and family about this for years. How did it work out? I tried the same too, but it was falling into deaf years. Most common response. "Sean beta (means …

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    Comment #13453589

    > analogous ways. I really don't understand what this mean? Can anyone explain?? Thank you :)

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    Comment #13453440

    > If Mr. Zuckerberg takes seriously his oft-stated commitments to diversity and openness, he must grapple honestly with the fact that Facebook is no longer just a social network. I…

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    Comment #13453397

    > The rate of rape in Germany is 9.37 per 100,000 people.[Wikipedia] Wrong. Wikipedia now shows > The rate of rape in Germany is 3470 per 100,000 people. (guess who updated it :) Q…

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    Comment #13453109

    > 800 billion euro debt to Germany. Wow! Didn't know about this. Do several countries owe Germany this debt? How?? Also if true, then Germany will also see a lot of Social unrest a…

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    Comment #13452993

    Steve Jobs would never have allowed this to happen. R.I.P. :(

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    Comment #13449182

    > irresponsible conjecture. More like mis-informed assertion on your part. The filing employer is REQUIRED BY LAW to prove that they couldn't find an equally qualified person in US…

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    Comment #13449165

    Which they (you) are. This is comical!

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    Comment #13448735

    What's worse is that it most likely affects American Citizens. They usually leave the H1B Visa workers intact, in part, because they file justifications for not being able to find …

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    Comment #13448180

    > APIful is a blog dedicated to topics in web APIs and API based web services. Join us on moving the internet forward with APIs! Not trolling, but seriously wondering what APIful.i…

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    Comment #13446747

    > I'm not saying vaping is safe. But I'm saying that it's obvious that it's safer than cigarettes. Agreed. Saying something is 'safer' than something else, doesn't make the origina…

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    Comment #13446720

    Don't take it personally. You were trying to compare apples with mangoes.

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    Comment #13432863

    > Every year there's a study that contradicts the last one. That's from Astroturfing by Every time a real study with facts comes out saying X_____ is bad for you, the Corporations …

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    Comment #13431732

    wallethub.com link? Really? Ever heard of Astroturfing? The Big Tobacco and Vaping Lobbyists have tons of "blog posts" and "research" news that "debunk" all the bad things about Va…